Why do we procrastinate? I think we’ve all learned that it makes things so much harder on ourselves when we do. I guess I’m not the worst procrastinator, but certain things I put off until I am completely overwhelmed. Some friends and I have been accountability partners for each other when it comes to the stuff we’re putting off, whether it’s organizing our homes or finally starting an exercise routine along with a healthy diet.
I always have to remind myself that the sense of accomplishment I have afterwards will feel so great and I will want to kick myself for not having done it sooner.
Typically I procrastinate because I am afraid I will fail. I have boxes of paperwork to go through and I have worked on it a lot. By the time I’m done for the day, it looks like I have only put a small dent in it and I’m unsure that I will be able to find what I filed when I need it, despite how “organized” I made my filing cabinet. It’s bizarre how over the years I have had an easier time finding things in a stack of papers than in my filing cabinet. Sometimes I’m just not sure what I decided to file something under and that easy to remember place I planned on ends up not being so easy to remember. I fear I will never be done with the paperwork, but logically if I work on it every day, I will be. It’s the perfect time to work on it with my children out of school and no longer bringing home stacks of it every day. I’m also working on prevention. I sort through the junk mail while I’m right by my mailbox and put it in the recycling out there.
I also want to avoid being irritated. If I have a business call to make, I know I will be put on hold, or I will have to go through the menu options, so it will take me quite some time to call up and have my bill fixed. I am improving when it comes to that, but I do indeed want to scream every time I call this one company. 90% of the time I get cut off either towards the beginning of the call, after I am transferred, or when I am put on hold. 90% of the time the voice activated menu options get thrown off by one of my children making noise, I have the worst time getting in contact with an actual person, and once I do reach a person, I’m lucky if they actually fix the problem. But I have to call. If I don’t, the problem will never be fixed and I might as well get it over with. I am strongly considering calling them up again to demand I be compensated in some way for the precious time I have spent trying to resolve issues they have caused. But if I don’t get what I want, that will be more irritation to deal with and I might have to follow through with the idea of taking them to small claims court.
I have two things I need to consistently work on – decluttering my home and exercising on a regular basis. I’m avoiding the decluttering because I know it will involve parting with something I don’t want to either for sentimental reasons or because 5 years from now I’ll be thinking, “I had one of those. If only I hadn’t gotten rid of it!”
I do engage in light exercise, but when I attempt something like aerobics, it is absolutely exhausting. I pushed myself past that point years ago and now it feels harder than ever. I wonder how long it will take before it doesn’t feel so miserable? What I want is an instant pay-off, but that’s not going to happen. I didn’t get out of shape overnight and I’m not going to get in shape overnight. The health problems I had made exercise absolutely miserable, but how much worse will it be now?
What are you procrastinating? I am determined to tackle one of my goals today. How about you?
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